Concerning the greedness of the Australian pastoralists and the Aboriginals'
land rights


Pastoralist




The land is so vast,
arid ...
"in the modern sense! "
Has no life
for Mr. 'Pastoralist' cows,
spacious skies
his own private aircrafts
have not
explore it yet
... for the heavy cost,
nonetheless,
he is willing to defend to death
the family honour ...
"virtuous"...
(the pastoral license) .

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Written in Arabic in Sydney,1997. Translated by the poet.
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P.S. As poems loose alot of their essence and technique, when translated to other languages - particularly rhyme and rhythm - members with English as their first language are welcome to edit or paraphrase any of my poems. Names of editors will be acknowledged
where ever the edited poem published. With many thanks.

Habib Fares






Poetry by Habib Fares
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Written on 2007-03-30 at 21:01

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